Enterprise-Grade Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) UTM

OPTION CLAUSE: The Purchaser reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity to be ordered up to 25 percent of bid quantity at the time of placement of contract. The purchaser also reserves the right to increase the ordered quantity up to 25% of the contracted quantity during the currency of the contract at the contracted rates. The delivery period of quantity shall commence from the last date of original delivery order and in cases where option clause is exercised during the extended delivery period the additional time shall commence from the last date of extended delivery period. The additional delivery time shall be (Increased quantity ÷ Original quantity) × Original delivery period (in days), subject to minimum of 30 days. If the original delivery period is less than 30 days, the additional time equals the original delivery period. The Purchaser may extend this calculated delivery duration up to the original delivery period while exercising the option clause. Bidders must comply with these terms.

Buyer Added text based ATC clauses Terms & Conditions 1] Payment Term :- Payment shall be released on meeting the delivery and installation timeline as at 5.2 in following stages/s chedule 30% of basic price & 100% GST within 45 days after delivery & successful installation, testing, an d commissioning of all the goods as per tender. 30% of basic price after Three months from the date of installation of the goods, subject to satisfa ctory performance, support & services of delivered goods and submission of performance report. 30% of basic price after Six months from the date of installation of the goods, subject to satisfact ory performance, support and services of delivered goods and submission of performance report. 2% of basic price at the end of Year 1, subject to satisfactory performance, support and services of delivered goods and submission of performance report. 2% of basic price at the end of Year 2 subject to satisfactory performance, support and services of delivered goods and submission of performance report. 2% of basic price at the end of Year 3, subject to satisfactory performance, support and services of delivered goods and submission of performance report. 2% of basic price at the end of Year 4, subject to satisfactory performance, support and services of delivered goods and submission of performance report. 2% of basic price at the end of Year 5, subject to satisfactory performance, support and services of delivered goods and submission of performance report. Please refer to Annexure A uploaded under the Buyer Added ATC for details of payment term. 2] Eligibility Criteria :- Please refer to Annexure-B, uploaded under the Buyer Added ATC, for details of the eligibility criteria. The bidder shall submit all the documents as specified in Annexure-B as well as in the bid document. 3] EMD Exemption :- Under MSME category, only manufacturers for goods and Service Providers for Servi ce are eligible for exemption from EMD. Traders are excluded from the purview of this policy. EMD is mand atory for traders/resellers. 4] In the tender either the manufacturer or its authorized dealer can be considered as valid bidder. In case s where the manufacturer has submitted the bid, the bid of its authorized dealer will not be considered. 5] Service & Support -Bidder/OEM must have a Functional Service Centre at NAGPUR. It may be noted that an immediate/urgent technical attention/support services may be needed for the ongoing events with a m aximum response time of 15 minutes. Hence the local functional service center is very essential. If service center is not already there at the time of bidding, successful bidder/OEM shall have to establish one within 30 days of award of contract. 6] MeitY declaration for Cyber Security Product - a) Class I local suppliers will be required to submit a MeitY declaration complying their product as a domestically manufactured/produced Cyber Security Pro duct as per MeitY notification/order File No.1(10)/2017-CLES Dated: 6th December 2019. b) Class II local s uppliers will be required to submit a MeitY declaration on OEM's letterhead complying their product as a d omestically manufactured/produced Cyber Security Product as per MeitY notification/order File No.1(10)/20 17-CLES Dated: 6th December 2019.. Format for MeitY declaration is given at (Anne xure -II) under the Bu yer Added ATC. .

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Availability of Service Centres: Bidder/OEM must have a Functional Service Centre in the State of each Consignee's Location in case of carry-in warranty. (Not applicable in case of goods having on-site warranty). If service center is not already there at the time of bidding, successful bidder / OEM shall have to establish one within 30 days of award of contract. Payment shall be released only after submission of documentary evidence of having Functional Service Centre.

Actual delivery (and Installation & Commissioning (if covered in scope of supply)) is to be done at following address VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NETWORK CENTRE SOUTH AMBAZARI ROAD NAGPUR-440010 MAHARASHTRA .

Experience Criteria: The Bidder or its OEM {themselves or through reseller(s)} should have regularly, manufactured and supplied same or similar Category Products to any Central / State Govt Organization / PSU for 3 years before the bid opening date. Copies of relevant contracts to be submitted along with bid in support of having supplied some quantity during each of the year. In case of bunch bids, the primary product having highest value should meet this criterion.

Manufacturer Authorization:Wherever Authorised Distributors/service providers are submitting the bid, Authorisation Form /Certificate with OEM/Original Service Provider details such as name, designation, address, e-mail Id and Phone No. required to be furnished along with the bid

• 8.Turnover Bidder Turn Over Criteria: The minimum average annual financial turnover of the bidder during the last three years, ending on 31st March of the previous financial year, should be as indicated in the bid document. Documentary evidence in the form of certified Audited Balance Sheets of relevant periods or a certificate from the Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant indicating the turnover details for the relevant period shall be uploaded with the bid. In case the date of constitution / incorporation of the bidder is less than 3 year old, the average turnover in respect of the completed financial years after the date of constitution shall be taken into account for this criteria.
• 9.Turnover OEM Turn Over Criteria: The minimum average annual financial turnover of the OEM of the offered product during the last three years, ending on 31st March of the previous financial year, should be as indicated in the bid document. Documentary evidence in the form of certified Audited Balance Sheets of relevant periods or a certificate from the Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant indicating the turnover details for the relevant period shall be uploaded with the bid. In case the date of constitution / incorporation of the OEM is less than 3 year old, the average turnover in respect of the completed financial years after the date of constitution shall be taken into account for this criteria. In case of bunch bids, the OEM of CATEGORY RELATED TO primary product having highest bid value should meet this criterion.

Bidders can also submit the EMD with Payment online through RTGS / internet banking in Beneficiary name Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur Account No. 10259420288 IFSC Code SBIN000 6702 Bank Name State Bank of India Branch address V.R.C.E. BRANCH, South Ambazari Road, V.N.I.T., Nagpur - 440010 Ph. No. : - 0712-2226046 Email. : - sbi.0 6702@sbi.co.in . Bidder to indicate bid number and name of bidding entity in the transaction details field at the time of on- line transfer. Bidder has to upload scanned copy / proof of the Online Payment Transfer along with bid.

Bidders can also submit the EMD with Account Payee Demand Draft in favour of Director VNIT payable at Nagpur . Bidder has to upload scanned copy / proof of the DD along with bid and has to ensure delivery of hardcopy to the Buyer within 5 days of Bid End date / Bid Opening date.

Successful Bidder can submit the Performance Security in the form of Account Payee Demand Draft also (besides PBG which is allowed as per GeM GTC). DD should be made in favour of Director VNIT payable at Nagpur . After award of contract, Successful Bidder can upload scanned copy of the DD in place of PBG and has to ensure delivery of hard copy to the original DD to the Buyer within 15 days of award of contract.

Successful Bidder can submit the Performance Security in the form of Payment online through RTGS / internet banking also (besides PBG which is allowed as per GeM GTC). On-line payment shall be in Beneficiary name Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur Account No. 10259420288 IFSC Code SBIN000 6702 Bank Name State Bank of India Branch address V.R.C.E. BRANCH, South Ambazari Road, V.N.I.T., Nagpur - 440010 Ph. No. : - 0712-2226046 Email. : - sbi.0 6702@sbi.co.in . Successful Bidder to indicate Contract number and name of Seller entity in the transaction details field at the time of on-line transfer. Bidder has to upload scanned copy / proof of the Online Payment Transfer in place of PBG within 15 days of award of contract.

Warranty period of the supplied products shall be 5 years from the date of final acceptance of goods or after completion of installation, commissioning & testing of goods (if included in the scope of supply), at consignee location. OEM Warranty certificates must be submitted by Successful Bidder at the time of delivery of Goods. The seller should guarantee the rectification of goods in case of any break down during the guarantee period. Seller should have well established Installation, Commissioning, Training, Troubleshooting and Maintenance Service group in INDIA for attending the after sales service. Details of Service Centres near consignee destinations are to be uploaded along with the bid.

Over and above the normal Warranty terms as per GeM GTC, the successful bidder / OEM shall have to provide Comprehensive Warranty during the entire Standard warranty period as per contract. : The comprehensive warranty shall be covering the following scope As per specification (Upload an undertaking with the bid confirming compliance by the bidder if Bidder is taking onus of this compliance. In case OEM is taking onus of this compliance, OEM undertaking is to be uploaded along with Bidder undertaking)

Data Sheet of the product(s) offered in the bid, are to be uploaded along with the bid documents. Buyers can match and verify the Data Sheet with the product specifications offered. In case of any unexplained mismatch of technical parameters, the bid is liable for rejection.

Timely Servicing / rectification of defects during warranty period: After having been notified of the defects / service requirement during warranty period, Seller has to complete the required Service / Rectification within 3 days time limit. If the Seller fails to complete service / rectification with defined time limit, a penalty of 0.5% of Unit Price of the product shall be charged as penalty for each week of delay from the seller. Seller can deposit the penalty with the Buyer directly else the Buyer shall have a right to recover all such penalty amount from the Performance Security (PBG).Cumulative Penalty cannot exceed more than 10% of the total contract value after which the Buyer shall have the right to get the service / rectification done from alternate sources at the risk and cost of the Seller besides forfeiture of PBG. Seller shall be liable to re-imberse the cost of such service / rectification to the Buyer.

Scope of supply (Bid price to include all cost components) : Supply Installation Testing and Commissioning of Goods

IMPORTED PRODUCTS: In case of imported products, OEM or Authorized Seller of OEM should have a registered office in India to provide after sales service support in India. The certificate to this effect should be submitted.

Installation, Commissioning, Testing, Configuration, Training (if any - which ever is applicable as per scope of supply) is to be carried out by OEM / OEM Certified resource or OEM authorised Reseller.